Let Children Reap The Benefit Of Goodwill This Sankranti All year round we have countless celebrations and we always go the extra mile to make it memorable and joyful. Now, as we prepare to celebrate Sankranti, let us look at its significance and also how we can make it impact...

How Can NGOs Help In Improving Literacy Rates In India? Did you know that India’s literacy rate is currently at 77.7%? However, India still accounts for 64% of its population residing in rural communities and suffering from unemployment. The key lies in educating the poor and...

Align With International Human Solidarity Day In Eradicating Poverty Through Education Cooperation, mutual understanding and unity becomes the premise for peace and development across the local, national, and international arena. With this as the base, the United Nations Gener...

Exploring The Role Of NGOs In The Education Sector On This National Education Day National Education Day is observed on 11 November every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first education minister of India - Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. This day is commemorated by...

Share The Festive Light With Those In Need Diwali celebration is a 3-day long festival of lights celebrated in harmony and togetherness all over the country. Diwali symbolises the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and light over darkness. Every time a diya i...

Summary: With the objective to benefit more and more children with the Mid-Day Meal Programme, The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been relentlessly striving to expand its reach. One if the recent developments is the inauguration of the Mangalagiri Kitchen in Andhra Pradesh. It i...

Pregnancy is a beautiful and sensitive phase in a woman’s life. It requires personal attention and care, timely check-up with doctor, and adequate nutrition to ensure a healthy pregnancy. While a section of the society is privileged to meet these needs, there is another sectio...

NGOs play an important role in society. They help in the betterment and development of different sections of society. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an NGO in India that implements the government’s Mid-Day Meal Programme. It serves nutritious school meals to 1.8 million child...

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme in India is the world’s largest school meal programme. In the past more than two decades of its implementation, this scheme has remarkably impacted the education scenario in the country with regards to enrolment, attendance, and completion of school edu...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one of the pioneer NGOs to implement the Mid-Day Meal Programme and it has also been recognised as the world’s largest NGO-run school meal programme.

Gender equality and science go hand in hand. Though there have been several initiatives across the globe regarding women empowerment in the field of science, yet we have a long way to go. In order to support scientific temperament, ensure equal access to and participation in s...

I snoozed my alarm. I was still so sleepy and tired. It was probably the medicines that showed its effect on my body. I was still recovering from the last week’s fall at home. Today is the first day I went after this incident. So I decided to wake up even before the next alarm...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation carried out an incentivized vaccination camp at Bengaluru’s Jigani industrial area. Vaccinated people receive packed lunch, refreshments & a Raksha Kit.

I gobbled up my last bite of dosa. I was extremely nervous. My anxiety was very evident on my face. As I took a deep breath to calm myself down, a few questions crossed my mind – will we all be safe, what if I contract the virus, will there be takers for the vaccine, will othe...

Summary: Midday meal programme has been a vital intervention in the efforts towards right to education. Along with government’s efforts, several NGOs have also begun school meal programme for children. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one such NGO that partnered with the govern...

Day in and day out, we hear and read about issues that blocks our society from making optimum progress. We also hear about individuals and organisations that are working to counter those obstacles and transform lives of direct beneficiaries and uplift the society as a whole. T...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an Indian mid-day meal NGO has been providing food relief service across India since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 2020, it has provided 20.6 crore meals including cooked meals & ration kits. With the new surge in COVID-19 cases,...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation runs the world’s largest NGO run school meal programme spread across 13 states and 1 union territory of India. To help more children benefit with the mid-day meal programme, the organisation has constantly been trying to spread across different loc...

Healthy food = Healthy children Eating healthy food in middle childhood is important for better growth and development. It also helps in the prevention of many underlying health conditions like stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, obesity, etc. A food pyramid guide h...

Charitable organisations give a platform for you to engage in humanitarian services as well as appreciates your noble work by making you eligible for tax exemption too. Non-profit and charitable organisations work at the ground level to serve underprivileged communities in a s...

Hunger, in general, limits people from attaining their full potential. When hunger dwells in children, it blocks them from reaching school and keeps them entangled in the poverty-hunger-illiteracy cycle. Lack of resources and socio-economically challenging backgrounds makes hu...

Have you ever thought, how would it be to uphold hopes and give wings to lakhs of aspirations, every single day? Well, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO in India has been doing this for the past 21 years. In 2000, with the vision, “No child shall be deprived of education be...

The concept of giving has existed since time immemorial. It is deeply engraved in our systems that we should help one another and especially those who need support. People from all walks of life have been giving charities, be it a king, a philosopher or even common man; everyo...

India has established itself as one of the potential superpowers of the world but has a lot more to address on the malnutrition front. Nearly half of the deaths among children are attributed to lack of the right nutrition. Proper nutrition is the key in establishing a healthy...